Dictionary definition · gold
noun
- coins made of gold
- a deep yellow color"an amber light illuminated the room"
- a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
- great wealth"Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, / And almost every vice, almighty gold …"
- something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc."the child was as good as gold"
adjective
- made from or covered with gold"gold coins"
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold"long aureate (or golden) hair"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).